Comparative Blast Study of Simulation and Approximation Method of Armored Vehicles

Abstract

To protect the troopers, it is important to consider the assessment of hazardous areas inside the military vehicle. For armored vehicles, the design, analysis, and test of explosive seat protection are significant to ensure the trooper survivability. Particularly, we note that the significant factor affecting the trooper survivability is ability of trooper seat to absorb shock generated by the explosion. Therefore, this research focused on the allegorize between blast simulation method and blast approximation method of armored vehicle. A crucial step for armored vehicles design is to analyze the pressure caused by the explosion. However, the blast simulation method does not always provide accurate results. To ensure that the models are reliable, the purpose of this research is to determine and compare the results between the created model and the theory. Results showed that the simulation models provided the force that affects the vehicle similar to the theoretical-based method. The simulation model designed can be developed and applied to design the various components of the armored vehicle to predict the blast behavior.